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Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages. Sometimes a well-known namesake with the same spelling has a markedly different pronunciation. These are known as heterophonic names or heterophones (unlike heterographs , which are written differently but pronounced the same).
Edward Artin, who succeeded Kenyon as the pronunciation editor of Webster's Dictionary, sought to revise the pronouncing dictionary many years after the publication of Webster's Third (1961), but to no avail, since none of the publishers Artin approached, including the Merriam company, thought it profitable to publish a new edition of the ...
Pronunciation Note Respelling IPA; Aberdeen, Washington: AB-ər-deen / ˈ æ b ər d iː n / Also the city in Maryland Abiquiú, New Mexico: AB-ə-kew / ˈ æ b ə k juː / Regular in Spanish Acequia, Idaho: ə-SEE-kwə / ə ˈ s iː k w ə / Achilles, Kansas: ə-KIL-iss / ə ˈ k ɪ l ɪ s / Advance, North Carolina: AD-vanss / ˈ æ d v æ n s ...
Pronunciation guide American Heritage Dictionary (AHD) Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: 1969 5th (ISBN 0-547-04101-2) 2011 2,074 70,000 American: Diacritical: Canadian Oxford Dictionary: Oxford University Press: 1998 2nd (ISBN 978-0-19-541816-3) 2005 1,830 300,000 Canadian: Diacritical: The Chambers Dictionary: Chambers Harrap: 1872 13th (ISBN ...
Pink roses in Athens, Greece.. Rhodanthe (/ r oʊ ˈ d æ n θ i / roh-DAN-thee, [1] [2] Ancient Greek: Ῥοδάνθη, romanized: Rhodánthē, lit. 'rose flower') is the name of a supposed Corinthian queen in Greek mythology who attracted a great number of suitors due to her beauty.
If the pronunciation in a specific accent is desired, square brackets may be used, perhaps with a link to IPA chart for English dialects, which describes several national standards, or with a comment that the pronunciation is General American, Received Pronunciation, Australian English, etc. Local pronunciations are of particular interest in ...
Square brackets are used with phonetic notation, whether broad or narrow [17] – that is, for actual pronunciation, possibly including details of the pronunciation that may not be used for distinguishing words in the language being transcribed, but which the author nonetheless wishes to document. Such phonetic notation is the primary function ...
In Homer's Odyssey, Demoptolemus (/ ˌ d ɛ m ə p ˈ t ɒ l ɪ m ə s /; Ancient Greek: Δημοπτόλεμος, romanized: Dēmoptólemos) was one of the 108 suitors of the queen of Ithaca, Penelope.